They look like thugs!

John Sjhepard · Apr 17, 2015

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American police look like thugs!

This is what a proper male in a civilized society should look like!

What self respecting woman would love a man that looks like a bald headed thug?

suncowiam · Apr 17, 2015

John Sjhepard said:
Driver pulled over by deputies in armored vehicle | News - Home

American police look like thugs!

This is what a proper male in a civilized society should look like!

What self respecting woman would love a man that looks like a bald headed thug?

They don't look like thugs. They look like soldiers.

Thugs can barely keep their pants up.

jeager106 · Apr 17, 2015

Those are cops?
They swore to "serve and protect"?
I saw the begining of this change from police officers that swore to serve and protect into a group
of quasi military enforcers back in the early 1990s.
Young cops began showing up for work wearing jump boots and sap gloves.
Sap gloves are leather gloves with lead sewn into the knuckles and joints of the gloves to give extra force to a slap
or punch.
I banned wearing those gloves on my shift.
Next came young cops buying a second gun to carry concealed in addition to the uniform handgun then came the
shaved heads.
I got disabled in '94 and now am damned glad of it.
I saw off duty officers wearing T shirts with the logo' " hollow points; when you care enough to send the very best".
Really?
I saw jackets being worn with a logo that said; #$%#% Police Dept. Attitudes adjusted while you wait".
This sort of foolishness should have been stamped out over 20 years ago.

jeager106 · Apr 17, 2015

John Sjhepard said:
Driver pulled over by deputies in armored vehicle | News - Home

American police look like thugs!

What self respecting woman would love a man that looks like a bald headed thug?

I see authority gone mad. Authority without accountability.
I'm a retried officer with a good record, never seriously hurt anyone, always treated people as well as they
would let me.
I'm not afraid of the criminals. I AM afraid of the cops!

JacobEzra. · Apr 17, 2015

suncowiam said:
They don't look like thugs. They look like soldiers.

Thugs can barely keep their pants up.

Yeah. Plus the guy is white, right?

JacobEzra. · Apr 17, 2015

People who use "thug" are usually cowards. Just say what you really mean.

Shadow Wolf · Apr 18, 2015

JacobEzra. said:
People who use "thug" are usually cowards. Just say what you really mean.

A thug? A criminal? Thuggee?
There is actually a deep etymology behind the word "thug."

suncowiam · Apr 18, 2015

JacobEzra. said:
Yeah. Plus the guy is white, right?

Well, I didn't put a race to it but I see your point and how my comment could have led to this.

I honestly was not suggesting race.

JacobEzra. · Apr 18, 2015

Shadow Wolf said:
A thug? A criminal? Thuggee?
There is actually a deep etymology behind the word "thug."

What is characterized as a "thug"?

Sagging pants, poor, criminal, pulling triggers.

Only blacks are called "thugs" because "thugs" are negative black stereotypes.

Revoltingest · Apr 18, 2015

JacobEzra. said:
What is characterized as a "thug"?

Sagging pants, poor, criminal, pulling triggers.

Only blacks are called "thugs" because "thugs" are negative black stereotypes.

This is the first time I've ever heard that "thug" had any racial reference.
Ref:
thug - Wiktionary
I use the term to describe any brute who intends harm....especially when sent by government.

Shadow Wolf · Apr 18, 2015

JacobEzra. said:
What is characterized as a "thug"?

Sagging pants, poor, criminal, pulling triggers.

Only blacks are called "thugs" because "thugs" are negative black stereotypes.

If you say so.
The word is actually centuries old, it comes from India, and it just means a violent criminal.

JacobEzra. · Apr 18, 2015

Shadow Wolf said:
If you say so.
The word is actually centuries old, it comes from India, and it just means a violent criminal.

And is that how our society uses it?

Was that Black football player acting like a violent criminal when thebmedia labled him a "thug" for talking smack against a fellow play rival?

4consideration · Apr 18, 2015

JacobEzra. said:
What is characterized as a "thug"?

Sagging pants, poor, criminal, pulling triggers.

Only blacks are called "thugs" because "thugs" are negative black stereotypes.

Maybe that's how you use it, but I don't think it's accurate to say only blacks are called thugs.

I have no mental picture of a thug based on race. If any mental picture comes to mind for me, it's more likely to be to be a mafia-type, hired criminal.

JacobEzra. · Apr 18, 2015

I'm going by with how the media and mainstream society uses it

MysticSang'ha · Apr 18, 2015

JacobEzra. said:
I'm going by with how the media and mainstream society uses it

I know what you're saying. It's a relatively newer context with the word. It's been used for a long long time as a descriptor for violent-mafia-hitmen-bully types, but recently when discussing anything even remotely referencing inner city minorities, "thug" is a polite way of calling these minorities something else. Hairstyles, hoodies, sagging pants, etc. typically find the term being thrown their way. No violent behavior is even necessary for the term to describe how they occur to mainstream folk.

Hence the confusion for some on why the word has come under fire as of late.

Kuzcotopia · Apr 18, 2015

Shadow Wolf said:
If you say so.
The word is actually centuries old, it comes from India, and it just means a violent criminal.

They also enslave kids to mine for the shankara stones and rip out beating hearts.

Indy and Short Round stuck it to 'em.

psychoslice · Apr 18, 2015

I prefer the bald cop he looks great, cops have to look like they have authority and yes mean, they cannot go around looking like fairies, if the police don't keep the authority image they will lose respect and be walked over by every hooligan.

fantome profane · Apr 18, 2015

The problem isn't just the word "thug", it is the sentence "they look like thugs". As suncowiam already pointed out they don't look like thugs, they look like soldiers.

They are acting like thugs.

psychoslice · Apr 18, 2015

fantome profane said:
The problem isn't just the word "thug", it is the sentence "they look like thugs". As someone already pointed out they don't look like thugs, they look like soldiers.

They are acting like thugs.

Some do, but most cops are good people.

Revoltingest · Apr 18, 2015

JacobEzra. said:
I'm going by with how the media and mainstream society uses it

We crazy civil libertarians have been using "thug" to refer to government types for a long time, especially in the ever popular "jack booted thugs". To make it solely a racial thing is bogus.

I have proof!

They sport their mean & nasty mugs.
It really really really bugs
me when they jump,
& shoot or thump
us citizens...those gubmint thugs!

They look like thugs!

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